re: #440 Buck

I don’t care how much money you have or how much influence your family projects. They don’t let you fly jets unless you earn it.

Now it is reasonable that they prefer to give multi million dollar aircraft to people with patriotic backgrounds and families. After all it might just cut down of the defections… BUT GWB has demonstrated that he wanted to be like his old man. He wanted the Yale experience, he wanted to fly combat, and he wanted to be President… just like daddy.

It is not a stretch of anyones imagination to see that.

I’ll but that, and add that it’s possible that help went to making sure it happened.
It’s only a big deal in my mind if your are trying to get out of something. I don’t think he was, in fact as you said, it’s just the opposite.